Cómo donell comenzó su viaje en logotipos

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PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE - I BEG OF YOU - DO NOT enter this contest if you MUST have feedback on your design entry. the rules state feedback is encouraged - NOT required. what little bit of free time i had to provide feedback for every design was just wasted typing this disclaimer.

The logo is for an academic institution. A sketch is provided for inspiration. (download sketch of tree from here: http://www.griotmedia.com/tree.jpg) The client likes the CONCEPT, but would like to enhance the actual drawing. Thus the new logo does NOT have to be a tree centered on the page with text underneath. Be creative! (web examples are below to give you an idea of the feeling were trying to portray).

1. Theme: Building a Caring Community
2. The TREE represents energy source, God, strength, power (the tree itself can have character; see #3 and #4 below)
3. The FLOWERS represent community, growth, nourishment, health (flowers are not a requirement in the redesign, maybe use hands, people, people holding hands or some abstract representation of life)